Wednesday, 17 January 2018

Industrial/cyberpunks
Der Prosecutor unleash their debut EP 'Egregious'. They may be a new
project but it's members have certainly been around for a while with
their collective previous credits including Cyber-tec, Frogs Of War,
and The Sepia. 'Egregious' marks a bold and fresh first step for this
band with five tracks of dance floor assaulting tracks that blend
gritty industrial beats with cyberpunk electronics, scathing guitars,
and caustic vocals.

The result is a very addictive, albeit
short manifesto that will undoubtedly find favour in clubs. Tracks
such as 'Sun Dogs', The Instrument', 'Subject 7', and 'Motherhack'
are balls-to-the-wall flurries of guitars, beats and shout-a-long
vocals reminiscent of Cubanate. While 'Strangled' provides a slower
and more methodical take on their sound.

The EP is rounded
out by 3 alternate versions of the lead track 'Sun Dogs' from the
band each emphasising a different element of their core sound. The
'2Bit' edit is stripped-back, low-fi cyberpunk. While the
'DigitalMetal Remix' does exactly what it says on the tin. Finally
the 'Sere Mix' delves into industrial trip-hop territory for an
unexpected but appreciated left-turn.

The EP displays a lot
of strong and confident song-writing that goes straight for the
jugular. It's heavy yet dance-friendly. The mix is somewhat rough,
which plays well on it's cyberpunk leanings, but as the remixes show
the band are more than capable of manipulating their sound any way
they want to go.

This is a very solid
first step that should easily find an audience with fans of Cubanate,
Pig, Be My Enemy and Katscan for example. The band have hit hard and
fast with 'Egregious', but hint at a lot of potential directions for
future releases. Hopefully a full-length release will arrive sooner
rather than later so we can really see what they can do.